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HelperService.exe
Helper Service by LULU SOFTWARE LIMITED (Signed)
| Version: | 5.0.30.11889 |
| MD5: | 9452d158d5947086d0077177ef44a54e |
| SHA1: | 5f3766a24ff4c3650d31fc17a88bc0e9f93c5c3a |
Overview
helperservice.exe runs as a service under the name Soda PDF 5 Helper Service (Soda PDF 3D Reader Helper Service) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program Soda PDF 3D Reader published by LULU Software. The file is digitally signed by LULU SOFTWARE LIMITED which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | helperservice.exe |
| Publisher: | LULU Software Limited |
| Product name: | Helper Service |
| Description: | Soda PDF 5 Helper Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\soda pdf 5\helperservice.exe |
| File version: | 5.0.30.11889 |
| Size: | 1.11 MB (1,162,592 bytes) |
| Build date: | 8/19/2013 9:32 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | LULU SOFTWARE LIMITED |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Soda PDF 3D Reader Helper Service'
- 'Soda PDF 5 Helper Service'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006163% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006163% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.21 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.08 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 940 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 55.3 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 59.05 MB | |
| Working set: | 948 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.08 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,322/min | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 95 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\soda pdf 3d reader\helperservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Soda PDF 3D Reader Helper Service |
| Display name: | Soda PDF 5 Helper Service |
| Description: | “LULU Software Limited” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
33.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 8 |
16.67% |
|
Distribution by country
United Kingdom installs about 33.33% of Helper Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
80.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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